This is a weird feeling. Minority Report has been my favorite movie since roughly 2003, when it came out on DVD. The first time I saw the movie, I hated it, because I was expecting robots, or something like Blade Runner. My expectations were too high, but after getting it on DVD, I ended up absolutely loving it.

However, I just watched it again on Blu-Ray, and my favorite film, the only film I felt confident calling my number one, really let me down. It kind of sucked. All of a sudden I found plot holes I never even knew existed.

The plot twist hinges on the concept of the Precogs rerunning the previous murder over in their minds after it’s already been foiled, an “echo.” The technicians turn off the incoming feed in these cases and disregard the visions. However, a murder is committed during one of these echoes, and no brown ball is created. It’s not just a nonsense vision, but an actual murder. Why is there no brown ball? It’s premeditated, not a crime of passion, so there would be a definite ball being created, with a strict timeline. The whole concept here is ridiculously screwy.

And why does Danny Witwer explain his theory on the huge cover-up he thinks is being committed to the the one person in the film he does not trust, and, if his theory is true, the number one suspect?

I didn’t even notice the SECOND time Anderton’s eyes are used to get into a secure location after he becomes a wanted fugitive. The first is when he busts out the Precog, a plot hole I knew of all along, and ignored in order not to go insane. The second is when he is actually put away for good - his wife is able to use his eye to actually open up the building in which he himself is imprisoned. How crazy is that?!

I don’t even know if Minority Report is a good movie anymore. This feels like some sort of betrayal, but the movie never changed. All this time, I’ve watched the exact same movie. But it’s only watching it today that I found all these plot holes and logical problems. I’ve never had this sort of experience before.